Noncrush ruffle curtain



May 22, 1934 s. A. MULQUEEN NONCRUSH RUFFLE CURTAIN Filed Feb. 6, 1934INVENTOR. S/NON AMULQl/EEN PAUL A .TALBOT.

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Patented May 22, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1,960,088 NONCRUSHRUFFLE CURTAIN Sinon A. Mulqueen, Teaneck, N. J. Application February 6,1934, Serial No. 709,916 4 Claims. (01. 156-33) My invention relates toan improvement in curtains, in which the tie back is attached to drawthe curtains back without aifecting the ruflie and has the followingobjects:

To provide a curtain having a tie back secured to the curtain back ofthe ruflle and hem to prevent the ruflie from being crushed.

To provide a curtain having a tie back held in vertical relation to thelower end thereof to prevent the lower hem and ruflies from being raisedby the tie back, adding to the neatness of the curtain.

To provide a tie back which is secured to the curtain to prevent it frombeing lost at the factory, laundry, shipping or during handling.

I accomplish these and other objects by the construction shown in thedrawing forming a part hereof, in which;

Figure 1 is an elevation of my device.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary section at 2, Figure 1, showing the tie backof one piece sewed under the hem of the ruflie and around the hem of thecurtain.

Figure 3 is a diagrammatic view of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary view showing the tie back of two parts, assewn between the hem of the rufiie and hem of the curtain.

Figure 5 is a diagrammatic view of Figure 4.

Figure 6 is a fragmentary section showing the 0 tie back of one pieceinserted through a slot in the curtain near the hem.

Figure 7 is a diagrammatic view of Figure 6.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout theseveral views of the accompanying drawing herein described.

I have provided a curtain 1, having a front hem 2, to which the ruflle 3is secured. The tie back 4 is preferably of a single piece, preferablysewed under the hem 5, of the rufiie 3,

I and over the hem 2, of the curtain 1, by a single or multiple line' ofstitches 6, at the time the curtain is assembled. The tie back 4, mayhowever be constructed of two parts brought under'the hem of the curtainand the hem of the ruflie, as shown in Figures 4 and 5, as contrastedfrom the construction above described, shown in the fragmentary sectionin Figures 2 and 3.

In the modification shown in Figures 6 and 7, the tie back 4 is shown aspassing through a slot 7, in said curtain 1.

The free ends of the tie' back 4, may be secured by the fasteners 8, tothe window or door casing 9, or may be tied around the rear edge 10, ofthe curtain 1, or in any other manner desired.

I have shown the curtain as hung from a pole 11, by means of the rings12, but the manner of hanging the curtain may be any of the numerousmethods commonly used.

As the curtain is hung at the top only, and not in any way by the tiebacks, it is readily seen that the front edge or rufile is not raised asis usual, thus the neat appearance is at once apparent. The tie backcannot slip down, which is the cause of the upward or lifting efiect,nor can it be lost, as it forms a part of the curtain.

It is also apparent, as the tie back does not pass around the rufiie,that the ruifle is not A? crushed or mussed by the tie back.

It may be seen that numerous methods may be employed in securing the tieback'to the curtain, and also in securing the ends to the frame of theopening in which the curtain is hung, thus effecting the length and sizeof the tie back, and I may wish to depart from the details within thescope of the claims appended hereto, which succinctly set forth myinvention.

I claim:

1. In a curtain, a hem, a ruflle secured'thereto and a tie back securedto said hem.

2. In a curtain, a hem a ruflie secured thereto, a tie back and meansfor securing said tie back to said curtain.

3. In a curtain having a ruifie secured thereto, a tie back secured tosaid curtain simultaneously with said ruflie.

4. In a curtain having a ruflie secured thereto, a tie back secured tosaid curtain, and stitching securing said tie back and ruiilesimultaneously to said curtain.

SINON A. MULQUEEN.

